Guys! Rodney (my rooster) almost died!!! I was in my barn working on my coop and I happened to stand up and look into the coop at just the right time. Rodney was in the coop and I noticed he was standing funny and had his beak open a little. So I ran into the coop and then I noticed his comb and waddles went from red to dark purple! And he started wheezing and couldn't breath, so I picked him up an ran as fast as I could from the barn to my house (300+ ft) and brought him to my dad. I think me running with him is what worked whatever it was down, because well we were standing there trying to figure out what to do, his color came back and he made a noise as if to say "I can breath!"
If I hadn't been outside when I was, and if I hadn't stood up and looked through the hole into the coop when I did, I would have found him dead on the floor of the coop and I never would have known what happened. My poor Rodney! I was so scared when I saw how purple he was. Picture a plum. That's about the color that he was, only their was a hint of red in it. I am so thankful I was outside working on my new coop and that I didn't go inside to take a break like my dad did.